A Common Virus Linked to Anal Cancer

Paulette Crowther’s three children were grown and she was plotting a
midlife career change when a routine colonoscopy picked up cancer, but
not of the colon — of the anus.

The diagnosis was a shock. Ms. Crowther, a 51-year-old mother of
three from New York City, had had no symptoms and was feeling just fine.
It felt like a bolt from the blue. The cancer had already spread... Read More